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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/53

Purpose

[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the dressing room, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted pilaster stiles, and a lining ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and with oval medallions containing winged putti in the capitals, flanking a frieze ornamented with urns supported by volutes ornamented with rosettes and calyx, and alternating with anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Dressing Room for The Revd. Mr. Dovey.

Signed and dated

  • 08/02/1774
    Adelphi / 8t. Febry 1774.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (387 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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